• Froome found to have an excessive level of an asthma drug at Vuelta • Team Sky have ‘utmost confidence’ he stayed within permissible dose• Rider says he was following team doctor’s advice after asthma got worse

Members of the Rosarac Rotary Club with Harvard Club rugby section at the Children with Cancer Christmas treat on Sunday.

Shakera Robinson, who has battled and beat cancer, and has been a survivor for nine years made a remark on Sunday. She said, “Rugby is a tough sport and cancer is a tough sickness. We were even stronger to beat cancer, and it feels good.” Her words drew an applause from fellow cancer survivors around her.

In these days of hard economic times, where money is hard to come by—value for money—is the key metric and with bureaucracy sucking up a large percentage of the funding that is available, there is a cause for unease.

Petal Derry (left) and Jordan Vieira with their Most Valuable Player trophies at yesterday’s TTHB 2017 award ceremony.

Jordan Vieira and Petal Derry were named as the Most Valuable Players, in the respective men’s and women’s departments, as the Trinidad and Tobago Hockey Board (TTHB) held its annual award ceremony yesterday.